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1. What was Mr. Purcell’s profession?
- (a) A teacher
- (b) A pet shop owner
- (c) A veterinarian
- (d) A doctor
- Answer: (b) A pet shop owner
2. How did Mr. Purcell feel about ghosts?
- (a) He believed in them
- (b) He was fascinated by them
- (c) He did not believe in them
- (d) He feared them deeply
- Answer: (c) He did not believe in them
3. How did Mr. Purcell appear because of his glasses?
- (a) Like an owl
- (b) Like a cat
- (c) Like a monkey
- (d) Like a mouse
- Answer: (a) Like an owl
4. What was unusual about the man who entered Mr. Purcell’s shop?
- (a) He was very talkative
- (b) He hated animals
- (c) He seemed to materialize out of thin air
- (d) He was a friend of Mr. Purcell
- Answer: (c) He seemed to materialize out of thin air
5. What animals did Mr. Purcell sell in his shop?
- (a) Only cats and dogs
- (b) Only birds
- (c) Cats, dogs, and monkeys
- (d) Horses and cows
- Answer: (c) Cats, dogs, and monkeys
6. Which items did Mr. Purcell sell in addition to animals?
- (a) Books and toys
- (b) Bird seed and fish food
- (c) Clothing
- (d) Jewelry
- Answer: (b) Bird seed and fish food
7. How would customers describe the animals in Mr. Purcell’s shop?
- (a) Annoying
- (b) Cute and sweet
- (c) Frightening
- (d) Strange
- Answer: (b) Cute and sweet
8. What did Mr. Purcell usually do each morning after opening the shop?
- (a) Sweep the floor
- (b) Feed the animals
- (c) Sit on a stool and read the newspaper
- (d) Greet his customers
- Answer: (c) Sit on a stool and read the newspaper
9. How did Mr. Purcell react to the news in the newspaper?
- (a) He ignored it
- (b) He would nod, smirk, and purse his lips
- (c) He would read it out loud
- (d) He was always angry
- Answer: (b) He would nod, smirk, and purse his lips
10. Which of the following sounds filled Mr. Purcell’s shop?
- (a) Chirping and squeaking
- (b) Humming and whistling
- (c) Barking and mooing
- (d) Honking and buzzing
- Answer: (a) Chirping and squeaking
11. What was unusual about the shop’s bell that morning?
- (a) It rang too loudly
- (b) It didn’t ring when the man entered
- (c) It fell off the door
- (d) It was replaced with a different bell
- Answer: (b) It didn’t ring when the man entered
12. What kind of weather was it on the day the stranger entered?
- (a) A rainy day
- (b) A sunny day
- (c) A windy and wintry day
- (d) A foggy and warm day
- Answer: (c) A windy and wintry day
13. What did Mr. Purcell instinctively feel about the man who entered his shop?
- (a) That he liked him
- (b) That he hated him
- (c) That he was friendly
- (d) That he was confused
- Answer: (b) That he hated him
14. What kind of sound was Mr. Purcell used to in his shop?
- (a) Loud music
- (b) Silence
- (c) Continuous animal sounds
- (d) People talking
- Answer: (c) Continuous animal sounds
15. What did Mr. Purcell sell in his shop to help sick birds?
- (a) Bird medicine
- (b) Books about birds
- (c) Small water bowls
- (d) Toys for birds
- Answer: (a) Bird medicine
16. How did Mr. Purcell usually greet his customers?
- (a) With a frown
- (b) With a polite nod and a brisk rubbing of his hands
- (c) By shouting at them
- (d) With a big hug
- Answer: (b) With a polite nod and a brisk rubbing of his hands
17. How did Mr. Purcell feel about his work in the pet shop?
- (a) He considered himself a professional
- (b) He was always looking for another job
- (c) He thought it was temporary work
- (d) He wanted to leave the pet business
- Answer: (a) He considered himself a professional
18. What did the man buy from Mr. Purcell’s shop?
- (a) A cat
- (b) A dog
- (c) Two doves
- (d) A fish tank
- Answer: (c) Two doves
19. How did Mr. Purcell react to the customers calling the animals “cute”?
- (a) He disagreed
- (b) He ignored them
- (c) He smiled and shook his head
- (d) He got annoyed
- Answer: (c) He smiled and shook his head
20. How did Mr. Purcell feel after the man bought the doves and left?
- (a) Confused
- (b) Sad
- (c) Disturbed, with a sense of the uncanny
- (d) Happy for a sale
- Answer: (c) Disturbed, with a sense of the uncanny
21. How did the man’s shoes sound when he entered the shop?
- (a) They were silent
- (b) They squeaked
- (c) They tapped loudly
- (d) They clicked
- Answer: (b) They squeaked
22. What was unusual about the man’s suit?
- (a) It was expensive and well-fitted
- (b) It was cheap, ill-fitting, but new
- (c) It was an old, expensive suit
- (d) It was a designer suit
- Answer: (b) It was cheap, ill-fitting, but new
23. What did Mr. Purcell think about the weather when the man entered?
- (a) It was a pleasant day
- (b) It was a bright morning
- (c) It was a nasty morning
- (d) It was a calm evening
- Answer: (c) It was a nasty morning
24. What did the man want to buy?
- (a) A monkey
- (b) A cat
- (c) Something in a cage
- (d) A fish
- Answer: (c) Something in a cage
25. What kind of animal did the man want specifically?
- (a) A rabbit
- (b) A bird that flies
- (c) A white rat
- (d) A monkey
- Answer: (b) A bird that flies
26. How much did Mr. Purcell charge the man for the two doves?
- (a) Six dollars
- (b) Five dollars
- (c) Seven dollars
- (d) Three dollars
- Answer: (b) Five dollars
27. How much was the original price of the two doves?
- (a) Four dollars
- (b) Five dollars
- (c) Six dollars
- (d) Five-fifty
- Answer: (d) Five-fifty
28. Why did Mr. Purcell agree to sell the doves for five dollars?
- (a) He felt sorry for the man
- (b) He didn’t need the doves
- (c) He could still make a profit
- (d) He was in a hurry to close the shop
- Answer: (c) He could still make a profit
29. What did the man say about the noise in the shop?
- (a) He loved it
- (b) He couldn’t stand it
- (c) He found it relaxing
- (d) He didn’t mention it
- Answer: (b) He couldn’t stand it
30. How did Mr. Purcell feel when the man said he couldn’t stand the noise?
- (a) Curious
- (b) Angry
- (c) Surprised
- (d) Relieved
- Answer: (c) Surprised
31. How long did the man say it took him to earn five dollars?
- (a) Five years
- (b) One year
- (c) Ten years
- (d) A month
- Answer: (c) Ten years
32. Where had the man earned his five dollars?
- (a) In the army
- (b) At a pet store
- (c) During ten years of hard labour
- (d) Working at a factory
- Answer: (c) During ten years of hard labour
33. What did the man do with the doves after leaving the shop?
- (a) He sold them
- (b) He kept them in his house
- (c) He set them free
- (d) He gave them to a friend
- Answer: (c) He set them free
34. How did the doves appear as they flew away?
- (a) Like small stones
- (b) Like windblown balls of fluff
- (c) Like snowflakes
- (d) Like raindrops
- Answer: (b) Like windblown balls of fluff
35. How did Mr. Purcell feel after seeing the man release the doves?
- (a) Happy
- (b) Pleased
- (c) Perplexed
- (d) Angry
- Answer: (c) Perplexed
36. What did Mr. Purcell feel about selling the doves at a reduced price?
- (a) Proud
- (b) Vaguely insulted
- (c) Glad
- (d) Anxious
- Answer: (b) Vaguely insulted
37. Why was Mr. Purcell confused by the man’s actions?
- (a) The man didn’t seem to like birds
- (b) The man bought the doves at a reduced price but immediately set them free
- (c) The man wanted rats, not doves
- (d) The man had been rude
- Answer: (b) The man bought the doves at a reduced price but immediately set them free
38. What did the man receive after his hard labour besides five dollars?
- (a) Nothing else
- (b) A job offer
- (c) A cheap suit
- (d) A medal
- Answer: (c) A cheap suit
39. How did the man leave the store?
- (a) Running
- (b) Slowly, with his head down and hands in his pockets
- (c) Happily, talking to Mr. Purcell
- (d) Angry and shouting
- Answer: (b) Slowly, with his head down and hands in his pockets
40. What was Mr. Purcell’s final thought about the man’s actions?
- (a) He understood why the man freed the birds
- (b) He was confused and insulted
- (c) He felt relieved
- (d) He regretted selling the birds
- Answer: (b) He was confused and insulted
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